dissatisfaction.

The feeling that something is not good enough or has failed to meet one's needs.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• growing dissatisfaction
• dissatisfaction with service

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Growing dissatisfaction pushed the committee to reconsider.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.